It has snowed so much that Carrie has the day off from school. She wants to earn money shoveling to buy her mother a Christmas present. But what should she buy? As she goes from house to house, Carrie
In a story based on the experience of schoolteacher Minnie Freeman, Sarah, her younger sister Annie, and their classmates survive a sudden Nebraska blizzard because of the actions of their schoolteach
Witnessing the death of her friend from cancer, high school sophomore Dawn Rochelle wants nothing more than to live a normal life, but fears that her own struggle with cancer will never end.
One year after her leukemia goes into remission, fourteen-year-old Dawn Rochelle's life is threatened again, forcing her to confront for a second time all the fears associated with illness and painful
An introduction to the White House, including the history of its construction, a description of its interior and gardens, and its importance as a national symbol.
Even though Dawn Rochelle's leukemia has been in remission, her job as a counselor at a camp for kids with cancer brings back so many painful memories that she wonders if she should stay at the job.
When Molly and her sister notice bats in their neighborhood for the first time, they become suspicious of the new girl in school nicknamed Vampire Vivian.
A gap in his memory the afternoon that his best friend disappears in a redwood forest has a fifteen-year-old photographer wondering about his own role in the mystery, and who he can turn to for help.
After having his lunch repeatedly stolen by a bully twice his size, Loudmouth George and his friend Harriet teach the bully a lesson he'll never forget.
An introduction to respecting yourself, friends, parents, teachers, people you don't know, and the earth, with specific examples of how to show respect at home and at school.
An introduction to the life of Pocahontas, a Powhatan Indian, which covers her birth, meetings with English settlers, trip to England, family life, and death.
A boy with an amazing sense of smell becomes the "Family Nose" when his parents and siblings all come down with colds and cannot smell disgusting and dangerous odors around the house.
